The Influence Of Open Source Technology In A Variety Of Fields

Information Technology

Communication
- Direct
- Direct and face-to-face (interactive)
- Quick and easy
- Air/cheap (VoIP)
- Anywhere and anytime

Computer
- Fast
- The latest technology/latest (eg: great space, great memory, processor is good, etc..)
- Processing of data into information that is fast and accurate
- Affordable prices (not to mention being a luxury item on the condition of a particular community)
- etc.

Content
- Ease in accessing information
- Actual/latest information
- Good use of technology (e.g. search engine, digital libraries, etc..)
- The existence of a content management system (CMS), (eases in information processing, website creation)
- Media learning (e-learning)

Technical Standards

- Digital Media
- Open Systems
- Bar-coding
- Smart Cards
- Security
- High Definition TeleVision (HDTV).
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
- Document Representation (HTML, SGML)

Core Information Technology

- Multimedia
- Real Time Computing
- Knowledge Systems
- Advanced Telecommunications & Networking
- Human Interface
- Systems and Models

The Reality Of Current ICT

- Is growing very fast in terms of technology hardware (hardware), software (software), a network system
- Allows us to communicate beyond the limitations of distance, space, and time.
- Allow the communication process and delivery information in a much more rapid and affordable costs.

10 Flatteners (Tom Friedman, 2006)

Flattener No. 1: collapse of Berlin wall 9/11/89 
The symbol of the collapse of the authoritarian and the emergence of a world order that is more democratic, free-market orientated, and a principled consensus on

Flattener No. 2: the rise of the web and Netscape 
The symbol of the emergence of connectivity information (and all associated with it, including people)

Flattener # 3: the advent of workflow system 
- Production systems involving many people who coordinated in a solid workflow
- Powered by standard/protocol data communication (ie: http, xml)

Flattener # 4: uploading
- Tendency to upload information and distribute it to the public stimulate involvement (and power) the public/community
- The phenomenon of wikipedia, blogs, Open Source movement

Flattener # 5: outsourcing 
- Give up some functionality to be implemented organization other parties
- It gives the opportunity for smaller companies to come into play in the outsourced schemes (e.g.: in India)

Flattener # 6: off shoring 
-Move the implementation portion of the functions of the Organization to another for efficiency, productivity, etc.
-Offshore destination countries: China, VietNam, Malaysia, etc.

Flattener # 7: supply-chaining
- The speed in providing products/services on a global scale, to match the dynamics of demand (needs). Example: Walmart, Sara

Flattener # 8: insourcing 
- Carry out the functions of the Organization, by making use of the resource and the potential of new strategic alliances
- Example: the cooperation of UPS (shipping/courier company global) with Toshiba in service repair (repair service) computer.

Flattener # 9: informing 
- Easy to get information about anything, anytime, and anywhere.
The phenomenon of Google, Yahoo, etc.

Flattener # 10: steroids (accelerator) 
- The progress of digital technology that lets people work in mobile, personal, as well as virtual
- PDAs, VoIP (Skype), video conf,

Barriers To ICT Development In Indonesia 
- The cost of adoption of technology: we haven't been able to.
- Science: science needed to run and benefit from ICT.
- Language: 85% of web pages speak United Kingdom, Japan, France, or Germany.
- Read write Culture has not been evenly